Apple will soon pass a - E24

According to an estimate from the analysis house Gartner as the turning point will occur in 2015, according to Danish EPN.dk.

then the number of devices running on Apple’s Mac OS or iOS operating systems exceed the number of units sold with Windowsn Microsoft operating systems.

still holds, however, a significant lead.

In 2012, the worldwide sold 347 million Windows-based products, compared with 213 million iOS or Mac OS.

early next year, the Windows lead, however, be down to “only” 23 million units sold, Gartner estimates.

And in 2015, Apple thus able to pass arch rival.

CHANGE: There is currently sold more mobile devices like tablets and smartphones, it sold than PCs and laptops.

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– If one looks at the numbers, Apple is already ahead in the consumer market, where it currently sold more Apple devices than Windows devices, says Gartner analyst Carolina Milanesi chief of U.S. Computerworld.

– However, Microsoft is ahead of the market for business solutions and pro.

According to Gartner figures build up the trend that is becoming sold fewer PCs, while sales of mobile devices such as iPhone and iPad are rising sharply.

Gartner’s projections show that by the year end will be sold more Android-based devices than Windows and Apple baserete devices together.

It was in 2012 sold more than a half billion Android devices, compared to 559 million from Apple or Microsoft.

Gartner considers that this year will be sold 867 million Android-based devices, the 636 million Windows and Apple-based machines.